Sunday, June 12, 2016

June 12 – On this day in Montana history in 1962 a Northern
Pacific passenger train packed with tourists returning from the Seattle World’s
fair plummeted off the tracks and down an embankment at more than double its
recommended speed 16 miles north of Missoula. One passenger was killed and
another 243 were injured some critically. One official said it was travelling
more than 70 miles an hour when it left the tracks.